Staind at the rodeo?

Just back from vacation, I noticed that, according to a full-page ad on the back of Weekender, a lot of the gaps in the Stock Show & Rodeo music lineup were filled in while I was away. The new names made me do a double-take.

For starters, Aly & AJ on Feb. 7? The teen sensations who have wowed the Disney Channel and “Total Request Live” crowd would seem to be an odd fit for the rodeo, although their bouncy pop is family-friendly. And they do sometimes wear ripped jeans, Aly said in an interview before the duo’s show last July in the Majestic Theatre.

And Staind on Feb. 15? Isn’t the notion of a tattooed, pierced, alt-metal band playing for a rodeo a bit of a Spinal Tap moment? Like in “This Is Spinal Tap,” when the fictitious metal band’s decline led it to a spectacularly ill-advised gig at a military base?

Noncountry acts at the rodeo aren’t surprising any more — the Beach Boys, who play there Feb. 13, have been coming for years — but they usually fall into the oldies/vintage pop or country-rock categories (a la Lynyrd Skynyrd, returning Feb. 8).

There’s also a TBA slot for Feb. 16. I’m guessing that means “to be announced” and not a band named TBA (digression — I’ve always wanted to start a band and call it TBA, mainly because there’d be no telling who’d show up). If that’s the case, I fully expect it to be filled by … Ozzy Osbourne. Or maybe the long-awaited, yet-to-be-rescheduled Tool show.

Anyway, the rodeo runs Feb. 1-18 in and around the AT&T Center. Find out more here.